"Jaehyun?" A voice asked from behind the door. "Who is it?" The boy asked. "It's me, Doyoung. Can I enter?" He asked. The boy in the room sighed. "Sure...." he said and soon after the door opened.
"I brought you a hot chocolate! Johnny hyung made it" he said and placed the three cups on the desk next to the bed.
"Three?" He asked. "Yeah. I wanted to bring Taeyong hyung one too." He answered. "Mhhmm.." the boy turned around in his bed again. The older one sighed, sitting down on the bed next to the boy.
"Okay, Jaehyun, what is wrong? It is not only that your sister is not fine. You also overreacted because of Haechan."
"Hyung, you don't understand...." "then explain to me!" He answered, really wanting to help his friend.
The boy turned around, looking at his hyung, who was holding the two cups of hot chocolate towards him. The boy sat up in his bed, taking one cup of him.
"Soul... she is really precious to me. She and Sungchan are everything I have left from my family. When our mom died, I promised her to always take care of the two. To protect them. Soul can't even remember her, but she is just like her...." he looked down, then took a sip of his hot chocolate.
"When our father died.... Soul also was there. She was the only one with him. Chanie and me nearly lost her more then once, she never had it easy. But loosing her, would feel like loosing my mom again!"
"And because of that you overreact when someone is near her?" "No!" He exclaimed. "Yes..." he added.
"I just want to protect her, hyung! I don't wanna loose her too. I lost my parents, but I never complained. I always was there for them, at a young age already. Soul and Chanie were 6 when our father died..."
"And you took care of them when he passed away. You were only 10, which means you were a child on your own...."
"Yeah... I had help from our aunt, but I felt like I have to do more. I really was a troublemaker back then, only to protect them. When I joined hyung.... I knew if someone would know about them..."
"They would be in danger all the time." "I broke the contact to my family, to Soul and Sungchan. It nearly broke me.... but I knew it was a way to protect them. I was not strong enough back then! I am scared that I am not able to protect them now too... that I am still too weak."
"Jaehyun, you are a lot of things, but not weak! No! You are one of the strongest members in this group! And honestly, you are not alone. We all are here! Sungchan is a part of this gang anyways, and we all really love and appreciate your sister. She is kind-hearted, nice and just a human you like to be around. She makes this house less chaotic and also less like a gangs hideout, but more like an actual home."
The older boy smiled at the younger one, who smiled back a bit.
"But hyung, still... I broke the contact to them... Sungchan found me, and you remember his reaction? He was not amused, and especially not when I told him he is not allowed to tell anyone, especially Soul. I am scared she might hate me. I mean... it's been more than 8 years now... that I left her without saying anything...."
"Jaehyun, listen. I don't know your sister that well as you or Sungchan, but I can tell from what I saw and how I experienced your sister. She loves you. She looks up to you. But you are reckless and from what I heard now, she doesn't know this extreme side of you, so of course she is scared of you! But look at it, she even tried to protect you, when you and Sungchan were not even in danger. You say she has a pure heart but is insecure but she wants to protect you too, which just proves that she loves you. She doesn't want you to do stupid things for her anymore, when you used to do that all the time, because she is as scared as you, that she could loose you or Sungchan too. I am sure about it. Just spend time with her when you miss her."
He said, smiling at him. Then he stood up. "But attacking one of us, won't make your worry fade away. Haechan didn't intended to hurt her. He really likes her, like all of us. He feels guilty too. You know, we are not like others, we proved you that, ever since she entered this house the first time. And distancing yourself from everyone won't solve it either. Problems doesn't get solve by itself. Think about that.... I will go and bring hyung his hot chocolate." He took the second cup and left the room.
The door to the leaders bedroom opened. The boy in the bed put away the book he was reading.
"What is going on downstairs again? I heard yelling...." He asked, looking at the boy, who opened the door with his elbow, pushing the door open with his back, because he had a cup in each hand.
"Ahh... Haechan scared Soul and she hit her head on the table. Jaehyun was really angry." "Oh my god, is someone hurt? Did he attacked Haechan or someone else again?" He asked, sitting straight up shocked, then took a cup from the male.
"Well... no, he did-" he started, but he interrupted himself when they heard a knock on the opened door, seeing the face of the boy.
"Jaehyun?" "Can I come in, hyung?" He asked. "Sure! Of course you can!" The male in the bed answered. The boy took the seat next to the bed with his cup of hot chocolate in his hand.
"So? What had happened?" The leader asked again. "Well... Soul must hit her head on the table because she got scared, since she is unconscious now." He answered, looking at the male in the seat, who was only sinking down in it quietly.
"What?! And then you are here with me?!" He turned to Jaehyun. "Mhhmm.." the boy only hummed as a response.
"You should go to your sister, looking after-" "Hyung threw me out before I even went in...." Jaehyun answered. "What?" Taeyong asked, not understanding what he meant.
"Taeil hyung forbid him to come with them to the hospital center. He would only freak out..."
"And who is with her then?" "Kun, Taeil hyung and Jeno." The assistant answered. The leader nodded. "I see..."
The boys were only quietly drinking their hot chocolate. The boy, who was sitting in the seat next to the bed was slowly sinking down more in his seat, frustrated thinking about his sister.
"You know what? I really think that you should go to your sister." The male in the bed suddenly said. The two boys looked at him, confused.
"You are her brother, you just want to take care of her. You wanna make sure she is fine. You are just getting more frustrated, when you stay here not knowing anything."
"But hyung won't let me be there. He said-" "Jaehyun. Go. I really mean it! I understand you. If it would be my sister, do you think I would listen to hyung and stay in the bed and recover?" He asked serious.
The boy only shook his head. "See? If that would be my sister, I would jump straight out of this bed and would be with her. And when she wakes up again, and she sees you being by her side.... she would be happy! So go! And if hyung says something, say it is an order from me!"
The boy only jumped up, running out of the room. The assistant looked behind the male, then back to his hyung.
"Exactly that is why you are the best leader!" He smiled at his best friend, climbing on the bed hugging him. The leader put his one arm around him too, smiling lightly. But it was not an honest one.
"You would like to go to her too and check on her, right?" Doyoung asked when he saw it. "I don't know... It's kinda my fault..." he answered.
"Why should it? You are here in the bed, recovering?" "Yeah, but if I would not have dragged her with us that day, nothing of all this drama would have happend."
"Hyung, no one could tell that this would happen. You do a really good job, so stop doubting yourself just because of that. You should be honest to yourself!" He stood up, taking the cup from his hyung.
"What do you mean?" He asked confused. The male scoffed, then looked at his best friend with a mischievous smile, before leaving him alone.
"YAH! KIM DOYOUNG! WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN?!" he yelled behind him, not knowing what he meant.
